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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deign \Deign\ (d[=a]n), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Deigned} (d[=a]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Deigning}.] [OE. deinen, deignen, OF. degner, deigner, daigner, F. daigner, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy, deign, fr. dignus worthy; akin to decere to be fitting. See {Decent}, and cf. {Dainty}, {Dignity}, {Condign}, {Disdain}.]
1. To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain. [Obs.]
I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. --Shak.
2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.
Nor would we deign him burial of his men. --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deign \Deign\, verb (used without an object) To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; - - followed by an infinitive.
O deign to visit our forsaken seats. --Pope.
Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. --Sir W. Scott.
Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. --Macaulay.
Note: In early English deign was often used impersonally.
Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground. --Chaucer.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
deign
verb: do something that one considers to be below one's dignity [syn: {condescend}, {descend}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "deign": OK, accede to, accept, accord to, agree, agree to, approve, approve of, assent, be willing, concede, condescend, connive at, consent, consent to silently, descend, endorse, give consent, go along with, grant, have no objection, hold with, lower oneself, nod, nod assent, not refuse, okay, permit, ratify, sanction, say aye, say yes, stoop, take kindly to, vote affirmatively, vote aye, vouchsafe, wink at, yield, yield assent
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